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A bunch of commercials that aired on ABC on April 29th, 1990. 1. Flintstones Children's Vitamins (What kid who grew up in the 80's didn't take these?) 2. Playtex Portables (Why are feminine hygiene commercials almost universally hilarious?) 3. Subaru Legacy 4. Brite Floor Cleaner (After watching this several times, I still have no idea what's going on) 5. Toyota MR2 6. Playtex Cross-Your-Heart Bra (What a trollop! Not that I'm complaining) 7. Promo for "Burning Bridges" 8. Lexus LS400 9. Carnival Cruise Lines (Oh, Kathie Lee. Where have you gone to?) 10. Little Caesar's Pizza (That dog that says "I Love You" should've had it's own TV show) 11. Halsa Shampoo 12. Dirt Devil (What's with the stereotype of happy old men selling Vacuum Cleaners?) 13. Promo for "Elvis" 14. Alka Seltzer 15. Upjohn Medical 16. Promo for "Brewster Place" (Name a TV series that isn't about "life" Oprah. Name it!) 17. Summer's Eve Douche (What a douchey jingle!) 18. Sensodyne Toothpaste 19. 2000 Flushes (Try blue, or new green! Coming soon...red!) 20. Promo for "Doogie Howser M.D." and "The Marshall Chronicles" 21. News Break (Of course the big news about the Hubble Telescope soon after this was that the mirror was totally messed up) 22. Carrows 23. Sunnyvale Ford 24. Aris Project 25. "This Is Your Brain On Drugs" PSA (A classic)

A bunch of commercials that aired on ABC on April 29th, 1990. Notice how many "fat free" products are being hawked. 1. Burger King (With Kim Coles from "In Living Color" and "Living Single") 2. Dodge Shadow and Plymouth Sundance 3. Northwest Airlines 4. Ultra Slim-Fast (With Kim Fields aka Tooty!) 5. Promo for "China Beach" 6. Promo for "Roseanne" and "Brewster Place" (Roseanne and Oprah, back to back! Isn't that one of the signs of the Apocalypse?) 7. C&R Clothiers 8. Kraft Fat Free Dressing ("Honey, how could you do that to me?!?") 9. Kraft Macaroni & Cheese (God that little hypnotist kid creeps me out) 10. Molly McButter (What a jingle!) 11. Orville Redenbacher's Light Microwave Popcorn (These just remind me of that creepy commercial from a few years ago and it makes me sad) 12. Youth Plus PSA (Wake up, America. You can't read) 13. Promo for "Thirtysomething" 14. Promo for "Equal Justice" 15. Shout Power Stick 16. Sprint (Is it weird that I vaguely remembered the phone number?) 17. Isuzu 18. Ultra Slim-Fast (With the late, great Mel Torme!) 19. Promo for "Growing Pains" and "Head of the Class" (The sign I got was "open for business"!) 20. Promo for "Good Morning America" (I'd say Charlie Gibson looks a lot younger here, but he really doesn't. Spooky!) 21. ABC News Brief (President Bush's reaction to a terrorist group holding someone hostage? I'm glad things are so much different now!) 22. TV Spot for "Short Time" (God, this movie looks insane) 23. Dodge Country

These commercials aired on Nick Jr. in 1990. 1. Coming up next..."Maya The Bee" 2. Promo for "Eureeka's Castle" 3. Colgate Junior Toothpaste (Tastes just like chewing on a Christmas tree!) 4. Cheerios (I guess this animated mascot failed. He reminds me of Captain Caveman) 5. Promo for "Lassie" (The tone of this commercial is so awesome!) 6. Sports Illustrated (Why is every guy in this a complete tool?) 7. Elephant Station ID 8. "Maya The Bee" Commercial Bumper 9. Promo for "Eureeka's Castle" (Watching this show was a rare treat, as I had Kindergarten when it was on) 10. Promo for "Looney Tunes" (I will love this for eternity) 11. Promo for "Fred Penner's Place" This video is protected under fair use copyright law. It is presented for the purposes of entertainment, education and criticism/commentary only. No infringement is intended.

These commercials aired on local Fox affiliate KCBA on April 17th, 1990. 1. The Power Glove (Watch the Angry Nintendo Nerd's review of this to see what a piece of crap it is) 2. Promo for "Muppet Babies" (Why can't kids today have shows as awesome as this? Why?) 3. March of Dimes Walk America 4. KCBA Kids Club Birthdays 5. TV spot for "Spaced Invaders" 6. Froot Loops (That's the voice of Michelangelo from "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", obviously) 7. Bubble Tape (I probably saw this commercial around 300,000 times growing up) 8. McDonald's (With Douglas Emerson and Omri Katz) 9. Crest Sparkle Motion Toothpaste (Awesome and surreal commercial. Pretty early use of CG graphics for a commercial, I think) 10. Promo for "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show" (I remember waking up at 7 AM to watch this bad boy) 11. KCBA Kids Club Birthdays 12. Kraft Macaroni & Cheese 13. Promo for "DuckTales" 14. Promo for "The Facts of Life"

A bunch of commercials that aired on local CBS affiliate KMST on July 4th, 1986 and on NBC on November 13th, 1988. 1. Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital (I'm not sure about these newfangled MRI do-whatsits...) 2. Lewis Volkswagen (Low prices again...ouch) 3. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (I wish they still had freakin' Popeye walking around. I want my grandfather clock to be punched into a hundred pocket watches so bad!) 4. 1-800 OFF COKE (Cripes! These people remind me of my parents! Were all office parties in the 80's like this?) 5. Classico Pasta Sauce (Reminds me of these modern Olive Garden commercials where Italian Natives praise their authenticity) 6. Cadillac (Really going for the yuppie market here, I see) 7. Pantene Hair Products (With Kelly LeBrock from "Weird Science") 8. Downy 9. Levi's 501 Jeans (What an awful commercial) 10. Promo for "Too Good To Be True" (With Patrick Duffy and Loni Anderson! I'm pretty sure this is the sort of programming they have in Hell) 11. Beef (Only Madeline Kahn could've made singing about eating pot roast with a spoon look so easy) 12. Promo for "The Karate Kid Part II" 13. Macy's Casio Week 14. Taquitos at Jack in the Box (Funny how their logo hasn't changed at all) 15. Kellogg's Nut & Honey Crunch (That's the golden voice of Gary Owens announcing) 16. Cadillac 17. Grape Nuts (This one is from 1981 according to the date at the bottom) 18. U.S. Armed Forces (We can all take the evil forces of Cobra out together!) 19. Bacon Swiss Burger at Wendy's (I sincerely apologize for the lack of Dave Thomas here. Apparently he didn't grace Wendy's commercials until '89) 20. Promo for "Too Good To Be True", "Unsolved Mysteries", "Night Court" and "Baby Boom" 21. PG&E (Installing braille marked oven dials since 1988) 22. Arrow Shirts (Gotta love those loud 80's shirt designs)

A bunch of commercials that aired on ABC on March 13th, 1987. Be prepared to hear the phrase "Breakfast By The Hand" a lot during this particular compilation. For fun, take a shot every time this phrase is uttered. 1. McDonald's - "Good Timing" (Notice the giant phone he grabs at the end) 2. U.S. Army (And this is supposed to make me want to join how?) 3. U.S. Army (Emasculation total) 4. Volkswagen GTI (People singing in German have always scared the crap out of me) 5. Loreal Studio Line (Again, the influence of widespread cocaine use during the 1980's rears its ugly head) 6. Promo for ABC's "Wide World Of Sports" 7. McDonald's - "Breakfast For 4" (It'd be awesome if these guys had a sitcom where did literally nothing but sing in unison all of the time) 8. Volkswagen Golf (Question: When women are driving, are they constantly wondering if the dude behind them is checking them out?) 9. Avon (I love cheesy saxophone music from the 80's) 10. South Bay Health Center Dental Services (You know this guy was either an anchorman or game show host at some point) 11. KNTV 11 News Break (AIDS Scare!) 12. McDonald's - "The New Kid" (Against all odds, I hope this guy is still alive making Egg McMuffins) 13. Comtrex (Why does this sound like an evil corporation?) 14. Promo for "We Are The Children" (Ally Sheedy - learning about life's choices. Ted Danson - a cynic with a heart. Their love grew where nothing else could...Poetry, sheer poetry.) 15. Sunnyvale Ford (Damn, it's pretty amazing how cheap things used to be...) 16. McDonald's - "Special Delivery" (They really had the jingle writers working overtime for these commercials) 17. Bud Light (OK, this is frightening) 18. McDonald's - "Hot Hands" (Does anybody know who the girl at the end is? I'm sure she's either an actress, model, or both, and I can't put my finger on who she is. I'm thinking Kathy Ireland...maybe.)

Here are some kid-oriented commercials that aired on KBHK TV 44 and ABC around March of 1988. 1. Frosted Flakes (With Jerry O'Connell) 2. Lucky Charms 3. "Cops" Action Figures (These toys are freakishly awesome!) 4. Transformers Classic Pretenders (Me Grimlock, Attack!!!) 5. Promo for "Cops" (This show looks awesomely bad!) 6. Tyco R/C Cars 7. Alpha Bits (That little girl making the fire engine noise will haunt me forever) 8. Lucky Charms (Ooga Mega Leega Deega!) 9. Skip Stik (It's a stick with rope!) 10. Entertech Blasters (Is that Lucas Barton from "The Wizard" at 4:08?) 11. $1000 Toys "R" Us Great Toy Giveaway 12. Keypers (Keeping things secret from annoying little brothers since 1987) 13. 976 Number (The Spring Bunny?) 14. Cocoa Pebbles (Why can't he just buy his own cereal?) 15. TV spot for "The Fox and the Hound" 16. "Joking Around with the Little Clowns" (Moses will love that joke!) 17. Smooshees (Okay, the girl at 7:40 is just insane) 18. Tootsie Roll Pop Commercial (Awesome, classic, amazing commercial) 19. Flintstone Kids Buckle Up PSA (Yabba Dabba Buckle Up!) 20. More of "The Real Ghostbusters" coming up... 21. Cap'n Crunch (What are the Soggies exactly? Ghosts?)

Here are some kid-oriented commercials that aired on KBHK TV 44 and ABC in 1988. 1. Army Ants (This is the best commercial ever! Grab the eggs!!) 2. Groove Tube (What are the point of toys like this? I don't even think my cat would be interested in this for more than a minute, tops) 3. Head Master Transformers (They've got the power to surprise!) 4. Transformers Target Master Seacons and Sparkobots (Piranhacon! Awesome. I love the little animated bubble effects in this commercial) 5. Froot Loops (The animation in this is pretty damn good for a cereal commercial) 6. "Joking Around with the Little Clowns" (A recurring commercial break on ABC's Saturday Morning Lineup) 7. Hi-C (Awesome!) 8. Promo for the "Walt Disney World Happy Easter Parade" (With Joan Lunden and Alan Thicke) 9. Scoots (If I ever see a gang of preschoolers on scooters I'm running like Hell in the other direction) 10. Oreo Cookies 11. Giggles Cookies (That wiseguy on the left is probably working for the Mob right now) 12. McDonald's (I always find myself "Doing the Arches" and getting strange looks from people) 13. Dinosaur Report (Look for the Readasaurus in your town, and keep reading!) 14. 976 Number (So the guy in the animation drowns? Great story there) 15. 976 Number (I just can't get over how tasteless these are. Think of how many kids dialed without their parents permission to hear some crappy puppets on an answering machine) 16. Baskin Robbins Baseball Helmet Sundaes (I totally remember eating chocolate ice cream out of a Mets Helmet) 17. Pogo Bal Blaster (Why didn't this revolutionary alternate mode of transportation ever take off?) 18. Ertl Toy Airplanes, Cars and Trucks (I love the image of Air Force Admirals playing with toy airplanes) 19. After Burner by Sega (If you play the arcade version with the moving joystick, watch out for your teeth!) 20. Candilicious (Candy commercials in the 80's were acid trips) 21. Cocoa Pebbles (If one of my friends tried to steal cereal from me on MORE THAN ONE occasion, they would no longer be my friend!) 22. Dino-Riders (I want to live inside of these commercials)

Here are some kid-oriented commercials that aired during the afternoon cartoon block on KBHK TV 44 from around 1987 to 1988. 1. Cinnamon Toast Crunch (With all three Bakers!) 2. Cinderella 976 Number (This looks so cheap and trashy. These things basically exploited the fact that kids would dial the number without asking) 3. Fruit Roll-Ups and Fruit Wrinkles (Strawberry Fruit Wrinkles were awesome! Notice they're made by Fruit Corners and not Betty Crocker) 4. Dino-Riders (This is awesome! "Look out for the traaap!") 5. Captain Power Videotapes (This looks both awesomely cool and incredibly stupid at the same time) 6. Pudding Roll-Ups (Pudding in disguise! Pretty sure that Seth Green is in this one!) 7. Frosted Flakes (Contrary to "Teen Wolf", I don't think growling at your opponents is an effective basketball strategy) 8. Trix (The Rabbit needs a name!) 9. Snickers (Least convincing guitarist ever) 10. Powermaster Transformers (I love the announcer here. Find out in Marvel Comics!) 11. Kool Aid (Oh Yeah!) 12. Cheerios (I hate it when Yeti Mountains steal my cereal!) 13. Trix (So that contest was all for nothing? What the hell? Why can't the little bastards just give him the cereal already?!?) 14. Lucky Charms (Leprechaun on a roller coaster!) 15. Pop Tarts (Exploiting sexy teenagers for the sale of toaster pastries is not cool!) 16. Hot Wheels (I love the look of amazement from skeptic kid) 17. Fruity Marshmallow Krispies (Hell yes! That's Fred Savage telling jokes at the end, obviously. Next person who points this out gets their post removed) 18. Purr-tenders (They made some very strange stuffed animals in the 80's) 19. Promo for "Explorers"

A bunch of commercials that aired on local ABC affiliate KGO on October 29th, 1989. Commercials for: 1. Nabisco Shredded Wheat (After this and the commercial in Vol. 1, I'm convinced the Nabisco ad people were on acid throughout the 80's) 2. Wendy's (With Dave Thomas! RIP Big Guy!) 3. Promo for "Who's The Boss" (:In Tony Danza voice: "Angela!") and "The Wonder Years" (Kind of a strange joke to use for a commercial) 4. Wrigley's Gum (Share a little piece of America!) 5. Subaru Legacy (Love the cartoon sound effects) 6. Anti-Drug PSA (I love the veiled suggestion that marijuana causes permanent brain damage) 7. Promo for "The Real Ghostbusters Halloween Special" (It's gonna be fun, fun FUN!) 8. Promo for "Doogie Howser M.D." and "Anything But Love" (Richard Lewis had a sitcom? With Jamie Lee Curtis?) 9. Bounty Candy Bar (The dark chocolate commercial gets an African-American model, naturally) 10. Luvs Diapers 11. Little Lost and Founds (Who the hell wants an orphaned stuffed animal that cries constantly? Is this the start of the Emo fad?) 12. Toys "R" Us (Awesome!) 13. Promo for "The Final Days" (Nixon TV movie FTW!) 14. Toys "R" Us (Is it my imagination or are a few of the kids here British or Semi-Canadian?) 15. Downy Fabric Softener 16. Hasbro Toys/Downy "Night Before Christmas" sweepstakes 17. "Bambi" on Videocassette (With $3 back with the purchase of Crest Toothpaste!) 18. Matchbox Superfast (Which will win, Slicks or Knobbies?!?) 19. Promo for "Full House" and "Family Matters" (Who would've thought those Olsen twins would be creepier as adults?) 20. Naturalizer Shoes (Sounds like dialog from the 1940's!) 21. Volvo (They're ugly but safe!) 22. Mita Copiers (One of the strangest commercials I've ever seen) 23. The Explorer Home Computer (I immediately retract my last statement)